David Hume was a Scottish historian, philosopher, economist, diplomat and essayist known today especially for his radical philosophical empiricism and scepticism. In light of Hume's central role in the Scottish Enlightenment, and in the history of Western philosophy, Bryan Magee judged him as a philosopher "widely regarded as the greatest who /5. David Hume (), a Scottish philosopher, was an agnostic, i.e., he did not believe there is sufficient evidence to justify the confident affirmation that God exists. In , the scholar issued his famous volume, Essays Concerning Human Understanding. In that . · The question of whether Hume’s argument presents an ‘in principle’ way of discounting any testimony in a miracle, or whether it just provides a set of considerations which we should bring to bear in evaluating instances of such testimony. Hume seems to think, in at least some places, that it accomplishes the first more ambitious goal.
David Hume () was an important figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. He was a sceptic and is noted for his arguments against the cosmological and teleological arguments for the existence of God. His article "On Miracles" in chapter 10 of "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" (published in ) has also been highly influential. Hume on Miracles: Interpretation and Criticism James E. Taylor* Westmont College Abstract Philosophers continue to debate about David Hume's case against the rationality of belief in miracles. This ar ticle clar ifies semantic, epistemolo gical, and meta - physical questions addressed in the controversy. It also explains the main premises. David Hume Hume's Miracles Paul Warwick considers Hume's argument against testimony concerning miracles.. I have a friend who was once deeply immersed in the occult. Now he's a Pentecostal Christian who has renounced his former beliefs and broken with the practices of that way of life.
We will show that Hume actually developed three separate arguments against miracles. Hume’s first argument seeks to show the impossibility of miracles; his second argues against the ability to know whether a miracle has ever occurred; and his final argument claims that miracles, even if possible and knowable, cannot accomplish their purpose of establishing a religious ideology. David Hume. Of Miracles (introduction by Antony Flew). La Salle, Illinois: Open Court Classic, ISBN ; David Hume. Enquiries concerning Human Understanding and concerning the Principles of Morals (introduction by L.A. Selby-Bigge); third edition (revised and with notes by P.H. Nidditch). Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN X. Jan Jan 30 David Hume's "Of Miracles": A Summary. (Tommy Maranges) Unfortunately, we can’t see everything that goes on everywhere all the time to verify it for ourselves. That would be really convenient, but it’s just not possible. So we have to rely on the testimony of others to verify things we haven’t seen for ourselves.
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